Adrian spent the first seventy-two hours after his resignation from Sterling's network reviewing his mother's research and understanding the infrastructure through which Sterling's conspiracy actually operated. His mother's documents were extraordinarily detailed—she'd apparently spent years penetrating the network, identifying key individuals, mapping communication structures, documenting financial flows.
What struck Adrian most was his mother's discovery that Sterling's operation was far larger than either Thomas or Elena had suggested. According to her analysis, Sterling had successfully placed individuals in over two hundred federal and international positions. Sterling's financial assets exceeded twelve billion dollars, distributed across hundreds of shell corporations and seemingly
